BECERRA v. ASHER

No. 96-20401.

105 F.3d 1042 (1997)

Rosa BECERRA, Individually and as next friend of Juan Doe, A Minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jerry ASHER, et al., Defendants, Houston Independent School District, Joan Raymond, Sylvia Macy and Barbara Turner, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied March 27, 1997.

Order Denying Rehearing and Rehearing April 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Lewis Hall, III, John M. O'Quinn, Elizabeth Bazan Hawkins, O'Quinn, Kerensky, McAninch & Laminack, Houston, TX, for plaintiff-appellant.

Lisa A. Brown, Kelly C. Frels, Jeffrey John Horner, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, TX, for defendants-appellees.

Carolyn Hanahan, School Boards Legal Division of Texas, Austin, TX, for Texas Association of School Boards, amicus curiae.

Sherry A. Scott, Houston, TX, for Coalition Against Sexual Abuse in HISD.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and REAVLEY and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied March 27, 1997.

Order Denying Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc April 7, 1997.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Jerry Asher, a music teacher with the Houston Independent School District (HISD), sexually molested Juan Doe, an eleven-year old boy. Juan's mother, Rosa Becerra, individually and as next friend of Juan, brought this action against Asher, three HISD administrators, and HISD, alleging a...

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